Recent developments in frontier modelling and efficiency measurement
Author: Coelli T.J.
Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
Published: 1995
Abstract: In this paper recent developments in the estimation of frontier functions and the measurement of efficiency are surveyed, and the potential applicability of these methods in agricultural economics is discussed. Frontier production, cost and profit functions are discussed, along with the construction of technical, allocative, scale and overall efficiency measures relative to these estimated frontiers. The two primary methods of frontier estimation, econometric and linear programming, are compared. A survey of recent applications of frontier methods in agriculture is also provided.

Productive efficiency of the swine industry in Hawaii: stochastic frontier vs. data envelopment analysis
Authors: Sharma K.R., Leung P.S., Zaleski H.M.
Journal: Journal of Productivity Analysis
Published: 1997
Abstract: Improving productive efficiency is an increasingly important determinant of the future of the swine industry in Hawaii. This paper examines the productive efficiency of a sample of swine producers in Hawaii by estimating a stochastic frontier production function and the constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) output-oriented DEA models. The technical efficiency estimates obtained from the two frontier techniques are compared. The scale properties are also examined under the two approaches. The industry’s potential for increasing production through improved efficiency is also discussed.

Technical, allocative and economic efficiencies in swine production in Hawaii: a comparison of parametric and nonparametric approaches
Authors: Sharma K.R., Leung P.S., Zaleski H.M.
Journal: Agricultural Economics
Published: 1999
Abstract: Technical, allocative and economic efficiency measures are derived for a sample of swine producers in Hawaii using the parametric stochastic efficiency decomposition technique and nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA). Efficiency measures obtained from the two frontier approaches are compared. Firm-specific factors affecting productive efficiencies are also analyzed. Finally, swine producers' potential for reducing cost through improved efficiency is also examined. Under the specification of variable returns to scale (VRS), the mean technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices are 75.9%, 75.8% and 57.1%, respectively, for the parametric approach and 75.9%, 80.3% and 60.3% for DEA; while for the constant returns to scale (CRS) they are 74.5%, 73.9% and 54.7%, respectively, for the parametric approach and 64.3%, 71.4% and 45.7% for DEA. Thus the results from both approaches reveal considerable inefficiencies in swine production in Hawaii. The removal of potential outliers increases the technical efficiencies in the parametric approach and allocative efficiencies in DEA, but, overall, contrary to popular belief, the results obtained from DEA are found to be more robust than those from the parametric approach. The estimated mean technical and economic efficiencies obtained from the parametric technique are higher than those from DEA for CRS models but quite similar for VRS models, while allocative efficiencies are generally higher in DEA. However, the efficiency rankings of the sample producers based on the two approaches are highly correlated, with the highest correlation being achieved for the technical efficiency rankings under CRS. Based on mean comparison and rank correlation analyses, the return to scale assumption is found to be crucial in assessing the similarities or differences in efficiency measures obtained from the two approaches. Analysis of the role of various firm-specific factors on productive efficiency shows that farm size has strong positive effects on efficiency levels. Similarly, farms producing market hogs are more efficient than those producing feeder pigs. Based on these results, by operating at the efficient frontier the sample swine producers would be able to reduce their production costs by 38-46% depending upon the method and returns to scale considered.

Profit maximization, returns to scale, and measurement error
Authors: Lim H.G., Shumway C.R.
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Published: 1992
Abstract: A non-parametric analysis of agricultural production behaviour was conducted for each of contiguous 48 states for the period 1956-1982 under the joint hypothesis of profit maximization, convex technology, and non-regressive technical change. Tests were conducted in each state for profit maximization and for constant returns to scale. Although considerable variability was observed among states, measurement errors of magnitudes common in secondary data yielded test results fully consistent with the profit-maximization hypothesis in all states with complete output and input data.

Non-parametric tests of cost minimizing behavior—a study of Indian farms
Authors: Ray S.C., Bhadra D.
Journal: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Published: 1993
Abstract: We extend existing nonparametric methods of analyzing production efficiency to allow some inputs to be quasi-fixed. Varian's Weak Axiom of Cost Minimization is modified to derive the Weak Axiom of Variable Cost Minimization. The methodology is applied to farm level data from West Bengal, India, which are analyzed for consistency with cost minimizing behavior. There is strong evidence against overall cost minimization, a result that cannot be rationalized in terms of production uncertainty and risk aversion. However, violation of either technical efficiency or of variable cost minimization is much less serious. This suggests that failure of cost minimization is principally due to imperfections in the markets for capital and land.

Do New York dairy farmers maximize profits or minimize costs
Author: Tauer L.W.
Journal: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Published: 1995
Abstract:
The Weak Axiom of Profit Maximization and Weak Axiom of Cost Minimization were used to determine whether each of forty-nine New York dairy farms displayed behavior consistent with profit maximization or cost minimization. These were tested for each farm across eleven years of data, correcting for technological change using previously estimated nonparametric Malmquist productivity indices. The results indicate that some were moderately successful in maximizing profits, but more carne closer to minimizing costs. Over hall of the observations were within 10% of minimum costs.

Success in maximizing profits and reasons for profit deviation on dairy farms
Authors: Tauer L, Stefanides Z.
Journal: Applied Economics
Published: 1998
Abstract:
The Weak Axiom of Profit Maximization (WAPM) was used to test how successful each of 70 individual New York State dairy farms was in maximizing profits using nine years of data. The netput vectors were corrected for technological change using nonparametric indices that do not require the assumption of profit maximization nor any functional form for the underlying technology. These technology indices are consistent with the nonparametric assumptions used in the WAPM tests. The average negative WAPM deviation over the 70 farms was .20, indicating that on average these farms could have selected available netput vectors that would have increased profits by 20 percent of total receipts. A tobit regression showed that the available characteristics on these farms explained very little of the variability in their abilities to select the best netput vectors. Yet, increased age and additional education increased the ability to select the best netput vector.

An application of data envelopment analysis to irrigated dairy farms in Northern Victoria, Australia
Authors: Fraser I., Cordina D.
Journal: Agricultural Systems
Published: 1999
Abstract:
In this paper, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to assess the technical efficiency of a sample of irrigated dairy farms in Northern Victoria, Australia. It is proposed that DEA is a useful tool in helping to benchmark the dairy industry, which is continually striving to improve its productive efficiency. DEA takes a systems approach in that it takes account of the relationship between all inputs and outputs simultaneously. DEA yields a more consistent measure of efficiency than the more frequently reported partial indicators of farm efficiency. In addition, DEA yields a relative measure of efficiency and it identifies those inputs and/or outputs that are being under-utilised. From an extension perspective this is extremely useful information as it can assist in identifying industry best-practice.

Assessing the technical efficiency of horticultural production in Navarra, Spain
Authors: Iraizoz B., Rapun M., Zabaleta I.
Journal: Agricultural Systems
Published: 2003
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to estimate technical efficiency in the horticultural production sector in Navarra (Spain). Tomato and asparagus production are analysed separately. Both a non-parametric and a parametric approach to a frontier production function are used and the differences in the results are discussed. In a second stage we examine the degree to which the calculated efficiency correlates with a set of explanatory variables representing different features of farms such as size, factorial returns and economic performance. The results indicated that both tomato and asparagus production are relatively inefficient, with potential in both cases for reducing input or increasing output. These results hold regardless of whether the frontier was parametric or non-parametric. The estimated measures of technical efficiency were positively related with the partial productivity indices and negatively related with the cultivation costs per hectare. No conclusive results were obtained for the relation between size and efficiency.

Measuring the economic inefficiency of Nepalese rice farms using data envelopment analysis
Authors: Dhungana B.R., Nuthall P.L., Nartea G.V.
Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Published: 2004
Abstract: A data envelopment analysis of a sample of 76 Nepalese rice farmers reveals average relative economic, allocative, technical, pure technical and scale inefficiencies as 34, 13, 24, 18 and 7 percent, respectively. The significant variations in the level of inefficiency across sample farms are attributed to the variations in the ‘use intensities’ of resources such as seed, labour, fertilisers and mechanical power. In addition, a second stage Tobit regression shows the variation is also related to farm-specific attributes such as the farmers’ level of risk attitude, the farm manager’s gender, age, education and family labour endowment. Based on the empirical findings, policy implications and development strategies for improving efficiency of Nepalese rice farms are briefly discussed.

Strategy factors as drivers and restraints on dairy farm performance: evidence from Sweden
Author: Hansson H.
Journal: Agricultural Systems
Published: 2007
Abstract: This paper explored how factors that are potential driving and restraining forces on farm strategy affect farm performance, in terms of economic, technical and allocative input and output efficiency. By assuming some inputs as given in the short run (capital and farmer labor) both long and short run input efficiency scores were calculated. A model of how strategy driving and restraining forces affect farm performance was developed. Three levels of potential driving and restraining forces were identified: external-operational environment, internal environment and micro-social environment. The model was detailed with specific factors, and those of especially the last two types of environments were used as explanatory variables in Tobit regressions, where the dependent variables were data envelopment analysis efficiency scores. We found that several of the strategy factors were important for farm performance. For example, several geographic locations (external-internal environment) were driving forces for economic and technical efficiency. Differences in soil and climate may be reasons, as well as potential differences in business culture. When the internal environment was considered, size of fields, distance to fields, bunker silo and tower silo were found to be driving forces for farm performance, whereas quality of forage machinery and a high focus on dairy production were found to be restraining forces. In the micro-social environment, discussing dairy production with someone was a driving force whereas co-farmers were restraints.

A measure for the efficiency of water use and its determinants, a case study of small-scale irrigation schemes in North-West Province, South Africa
Authors: Speelman S., D’Haese M., Buysse J., D’Haese L.
Journal: Agricultural Systems
Published: 2008
Abstract: This paper analyses the efficiency with which water is used in small-scale irrigation schemes in North West Province in South Africa and studies its determinants. In the study area, small-scale irrigation schemes play an important role in rural development, but the increasing pressure on water resources and the approaching introduction of water charges raise the concern for more efficient water use. With the data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques used to compute farm-level technical efficiency measures and sub-vector efficiencies for water use, it was shown that under constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) specification, substantial technical inefficiencies, of 49% and 16%, respectively, exist among farmers. The sub-vector efficiencies for water proved to be even lower, indicating that if farmers became more efficient using the technology currently available, it would be possible to reallocate a fraction of the irrigation water to other water demands without threatening the role of small-scale irrigation. In a second step, Tobit regression techniques were used to examine the relationship between sub-vector efficiency for water and various farm or farmer characteristics. Farm size, landownership, fragmentation, the type of irrigation scheme, crop choice and the irrigation methods applied showed a significant impact on the sub-vector efficiency for water. Such information is valuable for extension services and policy makers since it can help to guide policies towards increased efficiency.
NEW INTERESTING PAPERS
The using of the DEA technique in the Agriculture sector is increasing over time. This section introduces new articles that present a new method or significant results in this area.

Comparison of energy consumption of wheat production in conservation and conventional agriculture using DEA
Authors: Mehdi Moradi, Mohammad Amin Nematollahi, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Seyyed Hassan Pishgar-Komleh, Mohammad Reza Rajabi
Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Published: 2018
Abstract: Energy is one of the essential resources for human life and mainly classified as non-renewable resources. Since huge amounts of energy are consumed in the agriculture sector, an energy audit is an essential strategy in countries. Conservation agriculture as a tool for sustainable development can lead to saving agricultural resources. In the current investigation, energy audit for wheat conservation and conventional production systems was performed. For this purpose, 48 farms were selected randomly in 2016, and their energy performance was evaluated and compared. The data were analyzed to calculate energy parameters. Also, data envelopment analysis technique was used to identify the possible ways to achieve higher efficiency in farms. To this end, current and optimum situations and saving energy in different cultivation systems were determined using Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes (CCR) model. The research results showed that the average energy ratio, net energy gain, specific energy, and energy productivity for conservation farms were 4.31, 137,656 MJ ha−1, 5.56 MJ kg−1, and 0.18 kg MJ−1, respectively. Corresponded values for conventional farms were measured to be 3.03, 90,101 MJ ha−1, 7.69 MJ kg−1, and 0.13 kg MJ−1, respectively. Data envelopment analysis results revealed that the highest saving energy in conventional system belongs to diesel fuel and irrigation inputs, and the least amount of energy saving was seen in human labor input. While for the conservation system, the highest and the least amount of energy saving belongs to nitrogen and human labor, respectively.

Fertilizer using intensity and environmental efficiency for China’s agriculture sector from 1997 to 2014
Authors: Xingle Long, Yusen Luo, Huaping Sun, Gang Tian
Journal: Natural Hazards
Published: 2018
Abstract: Agriculture produced the largest methane emissions in China. It is of great importance to investigate effect of fertilizer using intensity on the environmental efficiency of China’s agriculture. This paper mainly investigates the determinants of environmental efficiency of China’s agriculture. First, we estimate environmental efficiency of China’s agriculture of 30 provinces from 1997 to 2014 through metafrontier SBM super efficiency with undesirable outputs, which allow for technology heterogeneity in different regions. Then, we compare environmental efficiency in different regions. Furthermore, we also analyze whether heterogeneity of environmental technology widened or decreased. Last, we also explore the determinants of environmental efficiency of China’s agriculture through bootstrap truncation regression. We find that fertilizer intensity negatively affects environmental efficiency. Urbanization has significant positive (1.454) effect on environmental efficiency under metafrontier in the east. It is significant use more organic fertilizer to decrease CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions. It is important to enhance environmental innovation for China’s agriculture.

Policy efficiency in the field of food sustainability. The adjusted food agriculture and nutrition index
Authors: Massimiliano Agovino, Massimiliano Cerciello, Andrea Gatto
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management
Published: 2018
Abstract: This work introduces a revised version of the Food Sustainability Index, proposed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition in 2016. Our Adjusted Food Sustainability Index features two important advantages: 1) it employs the Mazziotta-Pareto method to compute weights, hence granting an objective aggregation criterion and 2) it does not take policy variables into account, thus focusing on the status quo. The policy variables are aggregated into the Policy Index, measuring the quality of the food sustainability policies. We compute the two indices for 25 countries worldwide, then we use the Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate policy efficiency. Our results show that country-level variation in policy efficiency is wide and policies affect food sustainability significantly, especially when they target nutritional challenges.
RELATED SUBJECT
STATISTICS
In this section, we list a series of selected descriptive statistics involving the numbers and distributions of papers, journals and keywords of DEA and Agriculture related articles.
1. Statistics involving publications by year
The following chart shows the distribution of DEA and Agriculture articles published by year. The greatest number of articles is in 2017. It shows that the using of DEA technique in the tourism sector is increasing.
2. Statistics involving publications by journal
The following chart shows ten journals that have published the greatest number of DEA tourism papers in the past years. Journals such as Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production and European journal of operational research are the most utilized.
3. Statistics involving keywords used
The following table lists the most popular keywords by number of publications.
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Jingning Yan
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Volume 21, Pages 56-71
March 2019
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251. Multidimensional analysis of environmental impacts from potato agricultural production in the Peruvian Central Andes
D. Grados, E. Schrevens
Science of The Total Environment, In press, accepted manuscript
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250. Dynamic pollution-adjusted inefficiency under the by-production of bad outputs
K Hervé Dakpo, Alfons Oude Lansink
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 276, Issue 1, Pages 202-211
1 July 2019
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249. The technical efficiency of China's wind power list enterprises: An estimation based on DEA method and micro-data
Zhao Xin-gang, Wei Zhen
Renewable Energy, Volume 133, Pages 470-479
April 2019
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248. Identification of efficient dairy farms in Greece based on home grown feedstuffs, using the Data Envelopment Analysis method
Stavros Siafakas, Eleni Tsiplakou, Michael Kotsarinis, Konstantinos Tsiboukas, George Zervas
Livestock Science, Volume 222, Pages 14-20
April 2019
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247. Can the informal groundwater markets improve water use efficiency and equity? Evidence from a semi-arid region of Pakistan
Amar Razzaq, Qing Ping, Muhammad Asad ur Rehman Naseer, Muhammad Abid, Iqbal Javed
Science of The Total Environment, In press, accepted manuscript
Available online 19 February 2019
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246. A measure of price advantage and its decomposition into output- and input-specific effects
Kassoum Ayouba, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Henri-Bertrand Lefer, Hervé Leleu, Raluca Parvulescu
European Journal of Operational Research
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245. A measure of price advantage and its decomposition into output- and input-specific effects
Kassoum Ayouba, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Henri-Bertrand Lefer, Hervé Leleu, Raluca Parvulescu
European Journal of Operational Research, In press, corrected proof
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244. Assessing China’s agricultural water use efficiency in a green-blue water perspective: A study based on data envelopment analysis
Qingling Geng, Qingfu Ren, Rachael H. Nolan, Pute Wu, Qiang Yu
Ecological Indicators, Volume 96, Part 1, Pages 329-335
January 2019
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243. Modelling regional environmental efficiency differentials of dairy farms on the island of Ireland
Adewale Henry Adenuga, John Davis, George Hutchinson, Trevor Donnellan, Myles Patton
Ecological Indicators, Volume 95, Part 1, Pages 851-861
December 2018
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242. Efficiency evaluation and improvement potential for the Chinese agricultural sector at the provincial level based on data envelopment analysis (DEA)
Nan Li, Yuqing Jiang, Hailin Mu, Zhixin Yu
Energy, Volume 164, Pages 1145-1160
1 December 2018
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241. Valuing social sustainability in agriculture: An approach based on social outputs' shadow prices
Amer Ait Sidhoum
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 203, Pages 273-286
1 December 2018
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240. Optimization of energy consumption and environmental impacts of arecanut production through coupled data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment
Venkatesh Paramesh, Vadivel Arunachalam, Amin Nikkhah, Bappa Das, Sami Ghnimi
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 203, Pages 674-684
1 December 2018
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239. Assessing the relative sustainability of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands
Vine Mutyasira, Dana Hoag, Dustin Pendell, Dale T. Manning, Melaku Berhe
Agricultural Systems, Volume 167, Pages 83-91
November 2018
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238. Estimation of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission of cotton crop in South Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Imran, Orhan Özçatalbaş, Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, In press, corrected proof
Available online 2 October 2018
Keywords:
237. Environmental efficiency analysis and estimation of CO2 abatement costs in dairy cattle farms in Umbria (Italy): A SBM-DEA model with undesirable output
Lucio Cecchini, Sonia Venanzi, Antonio Pierri, Massimo Chiorri
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 197, Part 1, Pages 895-907
1 October 2018
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236. Expansion of environmental impact assessment for eco-efficiency evaluation of China's economic sectors: An economic input-output based frontier approach
Zhencheng Xing, Jigan Wang, Jie Zhang
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 635, Pages 284-293
1 September 2018
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235. Water pollution in wastewater treatment plants: An efficiency analysis with undesirable output
Giovanna D’Inverno, Laura Carosi, Giulia Romano, Andrea Guerrini
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 269, Issue 1, Pages 24-34
16 August 2018
Keywords:
234. Modelling regional environmental efficiency differentials of dairy farms on the island of Ireland
Adewale Henry Adenuga, John Davis, George Hutchinson, Trevor Donnellan, Myles Patton
Ecological Indicators, Volume 95, Part 1, Pages 851-861
December 2018
Keywords:
233. Let the cows graze: An empirical investigation on the trade-off between efficiency and farm animal welfare in milk production
Hinrich D. Schulte, Linda Armbrecht, Rasmus Bürger, Matthias Gauly, Silke Hüttel
Land Use Policy, Volume 79, Pages 375-385
December 2018
Keywords:
232. Optimization of energy consumption and environmental impacts of arecanut production through coupled data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment
Venkatesh Paramesh, Vadivel Arunachalam, Amin Nikkhah, Bappa Das, Sami Ghnimi
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 203, Pages 674-684
1 December 2018
Keywords:
231. A two-stage performance assessment of utility-scale wind farms in Texas using data envelopment analysis and Tobit models
Ümit Sağlam
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 201, Pages 580-598
10 November 2018
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230. Environmental efficiency analysis and estimation of CO2 abatement costs in dairy cattle farms in Umbria (Italy): A SBM-DEA model with undesirable output
Lucio Cecchini, Sonia Venanzi, Antonio Pierri, Massimo Chiorri
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 197, Part 1, Pages 895-907
1 October 2018
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229. Technical and environmental efficiency of livestock farms in China: A slacks-based DEA approach
Lena Kuhn, Tomas Balezentis, Lingling Hou, Dan Wang
China Economic Review, In press, corrected proof
Available online 23 August 2018
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228. Environmental impacts of rice production analyzed via social capital development: An Iranian case study with a life cycle assessment/data envelopment analysis approach
Ehsan Houshyar, B. Chen, G. Q. Chen
Ecological Indicators, In press, corrected proof
Available online 27 July 2018
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227. Assessing the impact of uncertainty on benchmarking the eco-efficiency of dairy farming using fuzzy data envelopment analysis
W. Mu, A. Kanellopoulos, C. E. van Middelaar, D. Stilmant, J. M. Bloemhof
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 189, Pages 709-717
10 July 2018
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226. Improving energy efficiency considering reduction of CO2 emission of turnip production: A novel data envelopment analysis model with undesirable output approach
Alireza Khoshroo, Mohammad Izadikhah, Ali Emrouznejad
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 187, Pages 605-615
20 June 2018
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225. Efficiency analysis of Italian wine producers
Arturo Urso, Giuseppe Timpanaro, Francesco Caracciolo, Luigi Cembalo
Wine Economics and Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 3-12
June 2018
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224. The role of public subsidies for efficiency and environmental adaptation of farming: A multi-layered business model based on functional foods and rural women
Laura Varela-Candamio, Nuria Calvo, Isabel Novo-Corti
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 183, Pages 555-565
10 May 2018
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223. Eco-efficiency analysis of sustainability-certified coffee production in Vietnam
Thong Quoc Ho, Viet-Ngu Hoang, Clevo Wilson, Trung-Thanh Nguyen
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 183, Pages 251-260
10 May 2018
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222. Application of data envelopment analysis approach for optimization of energy use and reduction of greenhouse gas emission in peanut production of Iran
Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Majid Khanali, Mohammad Ghahderijani, Kwok-wing Chau
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 172, Pages 1327-1335
20 January 2018
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221. Analysis of wind turbine micrositing efficiency: An application of two-subprocess data envelopment analysis method
Dongxiao Niu, Zongyun Song, Xinli Xiao, Yuwei Wang
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 170, Pages 193-204
1 January 2018
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220. Environmental impacts of rice production analyzed via social capital development: An Iranian case study with a life cycle assessment/data envelopment analysis approach
Ehsan Houshyar, B. Chen, G. Q. Chen
Ecological Indicators, In press, corrected proof
Available online 27 July 2018
Keywords:
219. Policy efficiency in the field of food sustainability. The adjusted food agriculture and nutrition index
Massimiliano Agovino, Massimiliano Cerciello, Andrea Gatto
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 218, Pages 220-233
15 July 2018
Keywords:
218. Assessing the impact of uncertainty on benchmarking the eco-efficiency of dairy farming using fuzzy data envelopment analysis
W. Mu, A. Kanellopoulos, C. E. van Middelaar, D. Stilmant, J. M. Bloemhof
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 189, Pages 709-717
10 July 2018
Keywords:
217. Improving energy efficiency considering reduction of CO2 emission of turnip production: A novel data envelopment analysis model with undesirable output approach
Alireza Khoshroo, Mohammad Izadikhah, Ali Emrouznejad
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 187, Pages 605-615
20 June 2018
Keywords:
216. A multiobjective DEA model to assess the eco-efficiency of agricultural practices within the CF + DEA method
Lidia Angulo-Meza, Marcela González-Araya, Alfredo Iriarte, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, João Carlos Soares de Mello
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, In press, corrected proof
Available online 19 June 2018
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215. The role of public subsidies for efficiency and environmental adaptation of farming: A multi-layered business model based on functional foods and rural women
Laura Varela-Candamio, Nuria Calvo, Isabel Novo-Corti
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 183, Pages 555-565
10 May 2018
Keywords:
214. The efficiency of the public intervention on the environment:Evidence based on non-parametric and parametric approaches
Marta Meleddu, Manuela Pulina
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 183, Pages 744-759
10 May 2018
Keywords:
213. The comprehensive environmental efficiency of socioeconomic sectors in China: An analysis based on a non-separable bad output SBM
Qi He, Ji Han, Dabo Guan, Zhifu Mi, Qiang Zhang
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 176, Pages 1091-1110
1 March 2018
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212. Eco-efficiency assessment of Polish regions: Joint application of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis
Magdalena Rybaczewska-Błażejowska, Aneta Masternak-Janus
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 172, Pages 1180-1192
20 January 2018
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211. Assessing eco-efficiency and the determinants of horticultural family-farming in southeast Spain
Ángeles Godoy-Durán, Emilio Galdeano- Gómez, Juan C. Pérez-Mesa, Laura Piedra-Muñoz
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 204, Part 1, Pages 594-604
15 December 2017
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210. The shadow prices and demand elasticities of agricultural water in China: A StoNED-based analysis
Xiaobo Shen, Boqiang Lin
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 127, Pages 21-28
December 2017
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209. A non-parametric bootstrap-data envelopment analysis approach for environmental policy planning and management of agricultural efficiency in EU countries
Pierluigi Toma, Pier Paolo Miglietta, Giovanni Zurlini, Donatella Valente, Irene Petrosillo
Ecological Indicators, Volume 83, Pages 132-143
December 2017
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208. Thinking beyond agronomic yield gap: Smallholder farm efficiency under contrasted livelihood strategies in Malawi
David Berre, Marc Corbeels, Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Munyaradzi Mutenje, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura
Field Crops Research, Volume 214, Pages 113-122
December 2017
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207. Determinants and resource use efficiency of “better cotton”: An innovative cleaner production alternative
Farhad Zulfiqar, Avishek Datta, Gopal B. Thapa
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 166, Pages 1372-1380
10 November 2017
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206. Efficiency, total factor productivity and returns to scale in a sustainable perspective: An analysis in the European Union at farm and regional level
Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho
Land Use Policy, Volume 68, Pages 232-245
November 2017
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205. Application of DEA and statistical inference to model the determinants of biomethane production efficiency: A case study in south China
Djavan De Clercq, Zongguo Wen, Luis Caicedo, Xin Cao, Ruifei Xu
Applied Energy, Volume 205, Pages 1231-1243
1 November 2017
Keywords:
204. Energy consumption enhancement and environmental life cycle assessment in paddy production using optimization techniques
Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Shahin Rafiee, Seyed Saeid Mohtasebi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Kwok-wing Chau
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 162, Pages 571-586
20 September 2017
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203. Impacts of technological change on energy use efficiency and GHG mitigation of pomegranate: Application of dynamic data envelopment analysis models
Ehsan Houshyar, Mahmood Mahmoodi-Eshkaftaki, Hossein Azadi
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 162, Pages 1180-1191
20 September 2017
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202. Assess and prognosticate green house gas emissions from agricultural production of EU countries, by implementing, DEA Window analysis and artificial neural networks
G. Vlontzos, P. M. Pardalos
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 76, Pages 155-162
September 2017
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201. Brazil's rail freight transport: Efficiency analysis using two-stage DEA and cluster-driven public policies
Dalmo Marchetti, Peter Wanke
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 59, Pages 26-42
September 2017
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200. Joint carbon footprint assessment and data envelopment analysis for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture production
Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Lidia Angulo-Meza, Alfredo Iriarte, Marcela C. González-Araya
Science of The Total Environment, Volumes 593–594, Pages 36-46
1 September 2017
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199. Eco-efficiency assessment of farm-scaled biogas plants
Lucía Lijó, Yago Lorenzo-Toja, Sara González-García, Jacopo Bacenetti, María Teresa Moreira
Bioresource Technology, Volume 237, Pages 146-155
August 2017
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198. Performance analysis of different rice-based cropping systems in tropical region of Nepal
Anil Pokhrel, Peeyush Soni
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 197, Pages 70-79
15 July 2017
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197. Decomposing the Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen Total Factor Productivity indicator: An application to U.S. agriculture
Frederic Ang, Pieter Jan Kerstens
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 260, Issue 1, Pages 359-375
1 July 2017
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196. An analytical review of irrigation efficiency measured using deterministic and stochastic models
Helga Pereira, Rui Cunha Marques
Agricultural Water Management, Volume 184, Pages 28-35
April 2017
Keywords:
195. Evaluating productive performance: A new approach based on the product-mix problem consistent with Data Envelopment Analysis
Juan Aparicio, Jesús T. Pastor, Fernando Vidal, José L. Zofío
Omega, Volume 67, Pages 134-144
March 2017
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194. Technology gap and CO2 emission reduction potential by technical efficiency measures: A meta-frontier modeling for the Chinese agricultural sector
Rilong Fei, Boqiang Lin
Ecological Indicators, Volume 73, Pages 653-661
February 2017
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193. Assessing eco-efficiency and the determinants of horticultural family-farming in southeast Spain
Ángeles Godoy-Durán, Emilio Galdeano- Gómez, Juan C. Pérez-Mesa, Laura Piedra-Muñoz
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 204, Part 1, Pages 594-604
15 December 2017
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192. Assessment of the productive efficiency of large wind farms in the United States: An application of two-stage data envelopment analysis
Ümit Sağlam
Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 153, Pages 188-214
1 December 2017
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191. Thinking beyond agronomic yield gap: Smallholder farm efficiency under contrasted livelihood strategies in Malawi
David Berre, Marc Corbeels, Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Munyaradzi Mutenje, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura
Field Crops Research, Volume 214, Pages 113-122
December 2017
Keywords:
190. Efficiency, total factor productivity and returns to scale in a sustainable perspective: An analysis in the European Union at farm and regional level
Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho
Land Use Policy, Volume 68, Pages 232-245
November 2017
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189. Energy consumption enhancement and environmental life cycle assessment in paddy production using optimization techniques
Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Shahin Rafiee, Seyed Saeid Mohtasebi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Kwok-wing Chau
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 162, Pages 571-586
20 September 2017
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188. Impacts of technological change on energy use efficiency and GHG mitigation of pomegranate: Application of dynamic data envelopment analysis models
Ehsan Houshyar, Mahmood Mahmoodi-Eshkaftaki, Hossein Azadi
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 162, Pages 1180-1191
20 September 2017
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187. Eco-efficiency assessment of farm-scaled biogas plants
Lucía Lijó, Yago Lorenzo-Toja, Sara González-García, Jacopo Bacenetti, María Teresa Moreira
Bioresource Technology, Volume 237, Pages 146-155
August 2017
Keywords:
186. Performance analysis of different rice-based cropping systems in tropical region of Nepal
Anil Pokhrel, Peeyush Soni
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 197, Pages 70-79
15 July 2017
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185. The influence of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach
Jean Joseph Minviel, Kristof De Witte
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 259, Issue 3, Pages 1112-1120
16 June 2017
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184. Joint data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment for environmental impact reduction in broiler production systems
Z. Payandeh, K. Kheiralipour, M. Karimi, B. Khoshnevisan
Energy, Volume 127, Pages 768-774
15 May 2017
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183. A two-stage DEA approach for quantifying and analysing the inefficiency of conventional and organic rain-fed cereals in Spain
Ester Gutiérrez, Eduardo Aguilera, Sebastián Lozano, Gloria I. Guzmán
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 149, Pages 335-348
15 April 2017
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182. Prioritizing of wind farm locations for hydrogen production: A case study
Mostafa Rezaei-Shouroki, Ali Mostafaeipour, Mojtaba Qolipour
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 42, Issue 15, Pages 9500-9510
13 April 2017
Keywords:
181. Evaluating productive performance: A new approach based on the product-mix problem consistent with Data Envelopment Analysis
Juan Aparicio, Jesús T. Pastor, Fernando Vidal, José L. Zofío
Omega, Volume 67, Pages 134-144
March 2017
Keywords:
180. Assessing eco-efficiency: A metafrontier directional distance function approach using life cycle analysis
Mercedes Beltrán-Esteve, Ernest Reig-Martínez, Vicent Estruch-Guitart
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 63, Pages 116-127
March 2017
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179. Applying data envelopment analysis to evaluation of energy efficiency and decreasing of greenhouse gas emissions of fattening farms
Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Dariush Safarzadeh, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Ehssan Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha
Energy, Volume 120, Pages 652-662
1 February 2017
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178. Spatial targeting of agri-environmental policy using bilevel evolutionary optimization
Gerald Whittaker, Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Bradley Barnhart, Stephen Griffith
Omega, Volume 66, Part A, Pages 15-27
January 2017
Keywords:
177. An integrated data envelopment analysis and emergy-based ecological footprint methodology in evaluating sustainable development, a case study of Jiangsu Province, China
Jia He, Yu Wan, Lan Feng, Junyong Ai, Yuan Wang
Ecological Indicators, Volume 70, Pages 23-34
November 2016
Keywords:
176. Provincial water use efficiency measurement and factor analysis in China: Based on SBM-DEA model
Guangyao Deng, Lu Li, Yanan Song
Ecological Indicators, Volume 69, Pages 12-18
October 2016
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175. Optimization of energy consumption and environmental impacts of chickpea production using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and multi objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) approaches
Behzad Elhami, Asadollah Akram, Majid Khanali
Information Processing in Agriculture, Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 190-205
September 2016
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174. Delving into sensible measures to enhance the environmental performance of biohydrogen: A quantitative approach based on process simulation, life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis
Mario Martín-Gamboa, Diego Iribarren, Ana Susmozas, Javier Dufour
Bioresource Technology, Volume 214, Pages 376-385
August 2016
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173. A methodology to estimate national REDD+ reference levels using the Zero-Sum-Gains DEA approach
Jichuan Sheng, Zhuang Miao, U. Aytun Ozturk
Ecological Indicators, Volume 67, Pages 504-516
August 2016
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172. Measuring eco-efficiency of wheat production in Japan: a combined application of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis
Kiyotaka Masuda
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 126, Pages 373-381
10 July 2016
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171. On dealing with the pollution costs in agriculture: A case study of paddy fields
Morteza Yaqubi, Javad Shahraki, Mahmood Sabouhi Sabouni
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 556, Pages 310-318
15 June 2016
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170. Energy use pattern and optimization of energy required for broiler production using data envelopment analysis
Sama Amid, Tarahom Mesri Gundoshmian, Gholamhossein Shahgoli, Shahin Rafiee
Information Processing in Agriculture, Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 83-91
June 2016
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169. Is the Lithuanian economy approaching the goals of sustainable energy and climate change mitigation? Evidence from DEA-based environmental performance index
Tomas Baležentis, Tianxiang Li, Dalia Streimikiene, Alvydas Baležentis
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 116, Pages 23-31
10 March 2016
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168. Temporal Evolution of the Yellow Sea Ecosystem Services (1980–2010)
Qixiang Wang, Jingjing Song, Jian Zhou, Wenxi Zhao, Xuexi Tang
Heliyon, Volume 2, Issue 3, Article e00084
March 2016
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167. Eco-efficiency of cotton-cropping systems in Pakistan: an integrated approach of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis
Asmat Ullah, Sylvain R. Perret, Shabbir H. Gheewala, Peeyush Soni
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 134, Part B, Pages 623-632
15 October 2016
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166. Modelling phosphorus efficiency within diverse dairy farming systems − pollutant and non-renewable resource?
M. D. March, L. Toma, A. W. Stott, D. J. Roberts
Ecological Indicators, Volume 69, Pages 667-676
October 2016
Keywords:
165. Efficiency assessment of wind farms in China using two-stage data envelopment analysis
Yunna Wu, Yong Hu, Xinli Xiao, Chunyu Mao
Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 123, Pages 46-55
1 September 2016
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164. Applying optimization techniques to improve of energy efficiency and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions of wheat production
Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Peyman Qasemi-Kordkheili, Hamed Kouchaki-Penchah, Farshid Riahi-Dorcheh
Energy, Volume 103, Pages 672-678
15 May 2016
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163. Evaluating contextual factors affecting the technical efficiency of freshwater pond culture systems in Peninsular Malaysia: A two-stage DEA approach
Abdullahi Iliyasu, Zainal Abidin Mohamed
Aquaculture Reports, Volume 3, Pages 12-17
May 2016
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162. Comparative analysis of technical efficiency for different production culture systems and species of freshwater aquaculture in Peninsular Malaysia
Abdullahi Iliyasu, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Rika Terano
Aquaculture Reports, Volume 3, Pages 51-57
May 2016
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161. Efficiency evaluation of material and energy flows, a case study of Chinese cities
Tao Song, Zhenshan Yang, Teresa Chahine
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 112, Part 5, Pages 3667-3675
20 January 2016
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160. Optimal Scheme Selection of Agricultural Production Structure Adjustment — Based on DEA Model; Punjab (Pakistan)
Zeeshan Ahmad, Meng Jun, Muhammad Abdullah, Mazhar Nadeem Ishaq, Imran Khan
Journal of Northeast Agricultural University (English Edition), Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 48-52
December 2015
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159. Co-benefits and trade-offs between agriculture and conservation: A case study in Northern Australia
N. Stoeckl, T. Chaiechi, M. Farr, D. Jarvis, R. L. Pressey
Biological Conservation, Volume 191, Pages 478-494
November 2015
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158. Uncertain network data envelopment analysis with undesirable outputs to evaluate the efficiency of electricity power production and distribution processes
Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Zohreh Shahmir
Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 88, Pages 131-150
October 2015
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157. What does benchmarking of wheat farmers practicing conservation tillage in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains tell us about energy use efficiency? An application of slack-based data envelopment analysis
Sreejith Aravindakshan, Frederick J. Rossi, Timothy J. Krupnik
Energy, Volume 90, Part 1, Pages 483-493
October 2015
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156. Improving productivity and water use efficiency: A case study of farms in England
Yiorgos Gadanakis, Richard Bennett, Julian Park, Francisco Jose Areal
Agricultural Water Management, Volume 160, Pages 22-32
October 2015
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155. Regional differences of CO2 emissions performance in China’s agricultural sector: A Malmquist index approach
Boqiang Lin, Rilong Fei
European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 70, Pages 33-40
October 2015
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154. Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture
Kazim Baris Atici, Victor V. Podinovski
Omega, Volume 54, Pages 72-83
July 2015
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153. Efficiency and exports: Evidence from Southern European companies
Encarnación Moral-Pajares, Adoración Mozas-Moral, Enrique Bernal-Jurado, Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel
Journal of Business Research, Volume 68, Issue 7, Pages 1506-1511
July 2015
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152. Evaluating the Sustainable Intensification of arable farms
Yiorgos Gadanakis, Richard Bennett, Julian Park, Francisco Jose Areal
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 150, Pages 288-298
1 March 2015
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151. Management of agricultural research centers in Brazil: A DEA application using a dynamic GMM approach
Geraldo da Silva e Souza, Eliane Gonçalves Gomes
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 240, Issue 3, Pages 819-824
1 February 2015
Keywords:
150. Shadow prices of social capital in rural India, a nonparametric approach
Teresa Serra, Elena Poli
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 240, Issue 3, Pages 892-903
1 February 2015
Keywords:
149. Decreasing environmental impacts of cropping systems using life cycle assessment (LCA) and multi-objective genetic algorithm
Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Elham Bolandnazar, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Hanifreza Motamed Shariati, Miss Laiha Mat Kiah
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 86, Pages 67-77
1 January 2015
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148. An integrated analysis of agricultural water-use efficiency: A case study in the Heihe River Basin in Northwest China
Guofeng Wang, Jiancheng Chen, Feng Wu, Zhihui Li
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, Volumes 89–90, Pages 3-9
2015
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147. Banking Performance Evaluation in China Based on Non-radial Super-efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis
Hailing Zhao, Sangmok Kang
Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 23, Pages 197-202
2015
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146. A Performance Measure to Support Decision-Making in Agricultural Research Centers in Brazil
Geraldo da Silva e Souza, Eliane Gonçalves Gomes
Procedia Computer Science, Volume 55, Pages 405-414
2015
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145. Trajectories of efficiency measurement: A bibliometric analysis of DEA and SFA
Hannes W. Lampe, Dennis Hilgers
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 240, Issue 1, Pages 1-21
1 January 2015
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144. DEA Applicability in Assessment of Agriculture Efficiency on Areas with Similar Geographically Patterns
Elena Toma, Carina Dobre, Ion Dona, Elena Cofas
Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, Volume 6, Pages 704-711
2015
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143. Does animal welfare influence dairy farm efficiency? A two-stage approach
J. J. Allendorf, P. J. C. Wettemann
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 98, Issue 11, Pages 7730-7740
November 2015
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142. Joint Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis for the benchmarking of environmental impacts in rice paddy production
Ali Mohammadi, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Jafari, Alireza Keyhani, John E. Hermansen
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 106, Pages 521-532
1 November 2015
Keywords:
141. What does benchmarking of wheat farmers practicing conservation tillage in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains tell us about energy use efficiency? An application of slack-based data envelopment analysis
Sreejith Aravindakshan, Frederick J. Rossi, Timothy J. Krupnik
Energy, Volume 90, Part 1, Pages 483-493
October 2015
Keywords:
140. One- and multi-directional conditional efficiency measurement – Efficiency in Lithuanian family farms
Tomas Baležentis, Kristof De Witte
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 245, Issue 2, Pages 612-622
1 September 2015
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139. A methodology to explore the determinants of eco-efficiency by combining an agronomic whole-farm simulation model and efficient frontier
David Berre, Jonathan Vayssières, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Hervé Leleu, Philippe Lecomte
Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 71, Pages 46-59
September 2015
Keywords:
138. A dynamic multi-stage data envelopment analysis model with application to energy consumption in the cotton industry
Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Madjid Tavana, Francisco J. Santos-Arteaga, Sima Mohtasham
Energy Economics, Volume 51, Pages 320-328
September 2015
Keywords:
137. A decomposition of profit loss under output price uncertainty
Jean-Philippe Boussemart, David Crainich, Hervé Leleu
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 243, Issue 3, Pages 1016-1027
16 June 2015
Keywords:
136. Evaluating the Sustainable Intensification of arable farms
Yiorgos Gadanakis, Richard Bennett, Julian Park, Francisco Jose Areal
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 150, Pages 288-298
1 March 2015
Keywords:
135. Shadow prices of social capital in rural India, a nonparametric approach
Teresa Serra, Elena Poli
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 240, Issue 3, Pages 892-903
1 February 2015
Keywords:
134. Evaluating capital and operating cost efficiency of offshore wind farms: A DEA approach
Nikolaus Ederer
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 42, Pages 1034-1046
February 2015
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133. Economic Performance of Quality Labeled Saffron in Greece
K. Melfou, E. Loizou, E. Oxouzi, E. Papanagiotou
Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 24, Pages 419-425
2015
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132. Financial Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Enterprises with DEA Method
Veronika Fenyves, Tibor Tarnóczi, Kinga Zsidó
Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 32, Pages 423-431
2015
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131. Differences in TFP growth among groups of dairy farms in the Netherlands
T. H. Keizer, G. Emvalomatis
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volumes 70–71, Pages 33-38
6 December 2014
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130. A DEA approach for estimating the agricultural energy and environmental efficiency of EU countries
George Vlontzos, Spyros Niavis, Basil Manos
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 40, Pages 91-96
December 2014
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129. Determination of efficient and inefficient greenhouse cucumber producers using Data Envelopment Analysis approach, a case study: Jiroft city in Iran
E. Bolandnazar, A. Keyhani, M. Omid
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 79, Pages 108-115
15 September 2014
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128. Pesticide use, environmental spillovers and efficiency: A DEA risk-adjusted efficiency approach applied to Dutch arable farming
Theodoros Skevas, Spiro E. Stefanou, Alfons Oude Lansink
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 237, Issue 2, Pages 658-664
1 September 2014
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127. Rural areas face the economic crisis: Analyzing the determinants of successful territorial dynamics
Pedro Sánchez-Zamora, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos, Felisa Ceña-Delgado
Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 35, Pages 11-25
July 2014
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126. Production efficiency in Indian agriculture: An assessment of the post green revolution years
Subhash C. Ray, Arpita Ghose
Omega, Volume 44, Pages 58-69
April 2014
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125. Energy efficiency measurement in agriculture with imprecise energy content information
Stéphane Blancard, Elsa Martin
Energy Policy, Volume 66, Pages 198-208
March 2014
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124. Comparison of energy consumption and GHG emissions of open field and greenhouse strawberry production
Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Hanifreza Motamed Shariati, Shahin Rafiee, Hossein Mousazadeh
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 29, Pages 316-324
January 2014
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123. Environmental efficiency and the impact of regulation in dryland organic vine production
Ana M. Aldanondo-Ochoa, Valero L. Casasnovas-Oliva, Amaia Arandia-Miura
Land Use Policy, Volume 36, Pages 275-284
January 2014
Keywords:
122. Assessing climate change and associated socio-economic scenarios for arable farming in the Netherlands: An application of benchmarking and bio-economic farm modelling
A. Kanellopoulos, P. Reidsma, J. Wolf, M. K. van Ittersum
European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 52, Part A, Pages 69-80
January 2014
Keywords:
121. Analysis of Farming Environmental Efficiency Using a DEA Model with Undesirable Outputs
Hsing-Fu Kuo, Hsiang-Leng Chen, Ko-Wan Tsou
APCBEE Procedia, Volume 10, Pages 154-158
2014
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120. Sustainable value of degraded soils in China's Loess Plateau: An updated approach
Lingling Hou, Dana Hoag, Catherine M. H. Keske, Changhe Lu
Ecological Economics, Volume 97, Pages 20-27
January 2014
Keywords:
119. Differences in TFP growth among groups of dairy farms in the Netherlands
T. H. Keizer, G. Emvalomatis
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volumes 70–71, Pages 33-38
6 December 2014
Keywords:
118. Measuring the impacts of production risk on technical efficiency: A state-contingent conditional order-m approach
Teresa Serra, Alfons Oude Lansink
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 239, Issue 1, Pages 237-242
16 November 2014
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117. Fuzzy efficiency without convexity
Jens Leth Hougaard, Tomas Baležentis
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Volume 255, Pages 17-29
16 November 2014
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116. Pesticide use, environmental spillovers and efficiency: A DEA risk-adjusted efficiency approach applied to Dutch arable farming
Theodoros Skevas, Spiro E. Stefanou, Alfons Oude Lansink
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 237, Issue 2, Pages 658-664
1 September 2014
Keywords:
115. Measuring technical and environmental efficiency in a state-contingent technology
Teresa Serra, Robert G. Chambers, Alfons Oude Lansink
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 236, Issue 2, Pages 706-717
16 July 2014
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114. On the feasibility of using emergy analysis as a source of benchmarking criteria through data envelopment analysis: A case study for wind energy
Diego Iribarren, Ian Vázquez-Rowe, Benedetto Rugani, Enrico Benetto
Energy, Volume 67, Pages 527-537
1 April 2014
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113. The Production of Thailand's Sugarcane: Using Panel Data Envelopment Analysis (Panel DEA) Based Decision on Bootstrapping Method
Prasert Chaitip, Chukiat Chaiboonsri, Fawikorn Inluang
Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 14, Pages 120-127
2014
Keywords:
112. Environmental efficiency and the impact of regulation in dryland organic vine production
Ana M. Aldanondo-Ochoa, Valero L. Casasnovas-Oliva, Amaia Arandia-Miura
Land Use Policy, Volume 36, Pages 275-284
January 2014
Keywords:
111. Assessing climate change and associated socio-economic scenarios for arable farming in the Netherlands: An application of benchmarking and bio-economic farm modelling
A. Kanellopoulos, P. Reidsma, J. Wolf, M. K. van Ittersum
European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 52, Part A, Pages 69-80
January 2014
Keywords:
110. Analysis of Farming Environmental Efficiency Using a DEA Model with Undesirable Outputs
Hsing-Fu Kuo, Hsiang-Leng Chen, Ko-Wan Tsou
APCBEE Procedia, Volume 10, Pages 154-158
2014
Keywords:
109. A non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis approach for improving energy efficiency of grape production
Alireza Khoshroo, Richard Mulwa, Ali Emrouznejad, Behrouz Arabi
Energy, Volume 63, Pages 189-194
15 December 2013
Keywords:
108. Environmental efficiency of alternative dairy systems: A productive efficiency approach
L. Toma, M. March, A. W. Stott, D. J. Roberts
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages 7014-7031
November 2013
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107. Feasibility and competitiveness of intensive smallholder dairy farming in Brazil in comparison with soya and sugarcane: Case study of the Balde Cheio Programme
André Monteiro Novo, Maja Slingerland, Kees Jansen, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Ken E. Giller
Agricultural Systems, Volume 121, Pages 63-72
October 2013
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106. A survey of DEA applications
John S. Liu, Louis Y. Y. Lu, Wen-Min Lu, Bruce J. Y. Lin
Omega, Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 893-902
October 2013
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105. Environmental efficiency, productivity and public funds: The case of the Italian agricultural industry
Greta Falavigna, Alessandro Manello, Sara Pavone
Agricultural Systems, Volume 121, Pages 73-80
October 2013
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104. A DEA-based approach for fair reduction and reallocation of emission permits
Huaqing Wu, Shaofu Du, Liang Liang, Yafang Zhou
Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 58, Issues 5–6, Pages 1095-1101
September 2013
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103. Data Envelopment Analysis of sustainability indicators of European agricultural systems at regional level
Johanna C. Gerdessen, Stefano Pascucci
Agricultural Systems, Volume 118, Pages 78-90
June 2013
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102. Greenhouse gas emissions and the technical efficiency of dairy farmers
O. K. Shortall, A. P. Barnes
Ecological Indicators, Volume 29, Pages 478-488
June 2013
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101. Economic value of greenhouse gases and nitrogen surpluses: Society vs farmers’ valuation
David Berre, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Hervé Leleu, Emmanuel Tillard
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 226, Issue 2, Pages 325-331
16 April 2013
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100. Sugar beet for bioethanol production: An approach based on environmental agricultural outputs
Melania Salazar-Ordóñez, Pedro P. Pérez-Hernández, José M. Martín-Lozano
Energy Policy, Volume 55, Pages 662-668
April 2013
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99. A non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis approach for improving energy efficiency of grape production
Alireza Khoshroo, Richard Mulwa, Ali Emrouznejad, Behrouz Arabi
Energy, Volume 63, Pages 189-194
15 December 2013
Keywords:
98. Environmental benchmarking of wind farms according to their operational performance
Diego Iribarren, Mario Martín-Gamboa, Javier Dufour
Energy, Volume 61, Pages 589-597
1 November 2013
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97. Identifying efficient dairy heifer producers using production costs and data envelopment analysis
A. J. Heinrichs, C. M. Jones, S. M. Gray, P. A. Heinrichs, R. C. Goodling
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages 7355-7362
November 2013
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96. Environmental efficiency of alternative dairy systems: A productive efficiency approach
L. Toma, M. March, A. W. Stott, D. J. Roberts
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages 7014-7031
November 2013
Keywords:
95. A survey of DEA applications
John S. Liu, Louis Y. Y. Lu, Wen-Min Lu, Bruce J. Y. Lin
Omega, Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 893-902
October 2013
Keywords:
94. Applying data envelopment analysis approach to improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emission of wheat production
Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Shahin Rafiee, Mahmoud Omid, Hossein Mousazadeh
Energy, Volume 58, Pages 588-593
1 September 2013
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93. Potential greenhouse gas emission reductions in soybean farming: a combined use of Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis
Ali Mohammadi, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Jafari, Tommy Dalgaard, John E. Hermansen
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 54, Pages 89-100
1 September 2013
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92. Reduction of CO2 emission by improving energy use efficiency of greenhouse cucumber production using DEA approach
Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Shahin Rafiee, Mahmoud Omid, Hossein Mousazadeh
Energy, Volume 55, Pages 676-682
15 June 2013
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91. Greenhouse gas emissions and the technical efficiency of dairy farmers
O. K. Shortall, A. P. Barnes
Ecological Indicators, Volume 29, Pages 478-488
June 2013
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90. Analysis of environmental efficiency variations: A nutrient balance approach
Viet-Ngu Hoang, Trung Thanh Nguyen
Ecological Economics, Volume 86, Pages 37-46
February 2013
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89. The potential to reduce the risk of diffuse pollution from agriculture while improving economic performance at farm level
Cathal Buckley, Patricia Carney
Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 25, Pages 118-126
January 2013
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88. The Impacts of Governance and Education on Agricultural Efficiency: An International Analysis
Nizamettin Bayyurt, Senem Yılmaz
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 58, Pages 1158-1165
12 October 2012
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87. A method to select alternative agricultural activities for future-oriented land use studies
A. Kanellopoulos, P. B. M. Berentsen, M. K. van Ittersum, A. G. J. M. Oude Lansink
European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 40, Pages 75-85
July 2012
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86. Optimization of energy consumption for rose production in Iran
Reza Pahlavan, Mahmoud Omid, Shahin Rafiee, Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval
Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 236-241
June 2012
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85. An Approach for Evaluating Journals of Universities or Colleges Based upon Multi-layer Efficiency DEA
Sun Xiang-yang, Zhou Li, Liu Qi-gang
Physics Procedia, Volume 25, Pages 678-686
2012
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84. Comparing technical efficiency of farms with an automatic milking system and a conventional milking system
W. Steeneveld, L. W. Tauer, H. Hogeveen, A. G. J. M. Oude Lansink
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 95, Issue 12, Pages 7391-7398
December 2012
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83. Measuring technical efficiency in the presence of pesticide spillovers and production uncertainty: The case of Dutch arable farms
Theodoros Skevas, Alfons Oude Lansink, Spiro E. Stefanou
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 2, Pages 550-559
1 December 2012
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82. Assessing technical efficiency of Chios sheep farms with data envelopment analysis
A. Theodoridis, A. Ragkos, D. Roustemis, K. Galanopoulos, E. Sinapis
Small Ruminant Research, Volume 107, Issues 2–3, Pages 85-91
October 2012
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81. Assessing eco-efficiency with directional distance functions
Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, Mercedes Beltrán-Esteve, José A. Gómez-Limón
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 3, Pages 798-809
1 August 2012
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80. Optimization of energy consumption for rose production in Iran
Reza Pahlavan, Mahmoud Omid, Shahin Rafiee, Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval
Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 236-241
June 2012
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79. Efficiency, productivity and technology comparison for farms in Central and Western Europe: The case of field crop and dairy farming in Hungary and France
Laure Latruffe, József Fogarasi, Yann Desjeux
Economic Systems, Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 264-278
June 2012
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78. Assessing the technical efficiency of energy use in different barberry production systems
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Ali Mohammadi, Shahin Rafiee, Ahmad Tabatabaeefar
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 27, Pages 126-132
May 2012
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77. Eco-efficiency assessment of olive farms in Andalusia
José A. Gómez-Limón, Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, Ernest Reig-Martínez
Land Use Policy, Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 395-406
April 2012
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76. Introducing individual transferable quotas on nitrogen in Danish fresh water aquaculture: Production and profitability gains
Rasmus Nielsen
Ecological Economics, Volume 75, Pages 83-90
March 2012
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75. Energy use efficiency in greenhouse tomato production in Iran
Reza Pahlavan, Mahmoud Omid, Asadollah Akram
Energy, Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 6714-6719
December 2011
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74. Irrigation pricing policies and its impact on agricultural inputs demand in Tunisia: A DEA-based methodology
Aymen Frija, Ada Wossink, Jeroen Buysse, Stijn Speelman, Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 92, Issue 9, Pages 2109-2118
September 2011
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73. Study on energy efficiency in corn production of Iran
Narges Banaeian, Morteza Zangeneh
Energy, Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 5394-5402
August 2011
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72. Technical, quality and environmental efficiency of the olive oil industry
Rafaela Dios-Palomares, José M. Martínez-Paz
Food Policy, Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 526-534
August 2011
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71. Improving energy use efficiency of canola production using data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Jafari, Ali Mohammadi
Energy, Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 2765-2772
May 2011
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70. Assessing farming eco-efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, José A. Gómez-Limón, Ernest Reig-Martínez
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages 1154-1164
April 2011
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69. Analysis of environmental and economic efficiency using a farm population micro-simulation model
Thiagarajah Ramilan, Frank Scrimgeour, Dan Marsh
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 81, Issue 7, Pages 1344-1352
March 2011
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68. Optimization of energy consumption and input costs for apple production in Iran using data envelopment analysis
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Mohammadi
Energy, Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 909-916
February 2011
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67. Optimization of energy consumption for soybean production using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Jafari, Ali Mohammadi
Applied Energy, Volume 88, Issue 11, Pages 3765-3772
November 2011
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66. The effect of lameness prevalence on technical efficiency at the dairy farm level: An adjusted data envelopment analysis approach
A. P. Barnes, K. M. D. Rutherford, F. M. Langford, M. J. Haskell
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 11, Pages 5449-5457
November 2011
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65. Determination of relative agrarian technical efficiency by a dynamic over-sampling procedure guided by minimum sensitivity
Francisco Fernández-Navarro, César Hervás-Martínez, C. García-Alonso, M. Torres-Jimenez
Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 38, Issue 10, Pages 12483-12490
15 September 2011
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64. The technical efficiency of transhumance sheep and goat farms and the effect of EU subsidies: Do small farms benefit more than large farms?
Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Zaphiris Abas, Vassiliki Laga, Ioannis Hatziminaoglou, Jean Boyazoglu
Small Ruminant Research, Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 1-7
September 2011
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63. Characterization of a novel porcine enterovirus in domestic pig in Hungary
Ákos Boros, Péter Pankovics, Gábor Reuter
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 1096-1102
July 2011
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62. Does the Milk Income Loss Contract program improve the technical efficiency of US dairy farms?
H. -H. Chang, A. K. Mishra
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 2945-2951
June 2011
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61. Improving energy use efficiency of canola production using data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Shahin Rafiee, Ali Jafari, Ali Mohammadi
Energy, Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 2765-2772
May 2011
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60. Benchmarking environmental and operational parameters through eco-efficiency criteria for dairy farms
Diego Iribarren, Almudena Hospido, María Teresa Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 409, Issue 10, Pages 1786-1798
15 April 2011
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59. Organic or conventional? Optimal dairy farming technology under the EU milk quota system and organic subsidies
Gunnar Breustedt, Uwe Latacz-Lohmann, Torben Tiedemann
Food Policy, Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 223-229
April 2011
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58. Assessing farming eco-efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, José A. Gómez-Limón, Ernest Reig-Martínez
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages 1154-1164
April 2011
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57. Analysis of environmental and economic efficiency using a farm population micro-simulation model
Thiagarajah Ramilan, Frank Scrimgeour, Dan Marsh
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 81, Issue 7, Pages 1344-1352
March 2011
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56. A modified DEA model to estimate the importance of objectives with an application to agricultural economics
Francisco J. André, Inés Herrero, Laura Riesgo
Omega, Volume 38, Issue 5, Pages 371-382
October 2010
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55. Irrigation Water Use Efficiency of Farmers and Its Determinants: Evidence from a Survey in Northwestern China
Xue-yuan WANG
Agricultural Sciences in China, Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 1326-1337
September 2010
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54. Using ecological indices to measure economic and environmental performance of irrigated agriculture
Md A. S. Azad, Tihomir Ancev
Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Issue 8, Pages 1731-1739
15 June 2010
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53. Explaining production inefficiency in China's agriculture using data envelopment analysis and semi-parametric bootstrapping
Daniel C. Monchuk, Zhuo Chen, Yosef Bonaparte
China Economic Review, Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 346-354
June 2010
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52. Trade Liberalization, domestic input and sustainability of agricultural TFP growth: A new Perspective Based on TFP growth structure
Wei Hong, Lijuan Cao, Na Hao
Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, Volume 1, Pages 376-385
2010
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51. Communicative diagnosis of cost-saving options for reducing nitrogen emission from pig finishing
Jef Van Meensel, Ludwig Lauwers, Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 91, Issue 11, Pages 2370-2377
November 2010
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50. Measurement of productive efficiency with frontier methods: A case study for wind farms
Guillermo Iglesias, Pablo Castellanos, Amparo Seijas
Energy Economics, Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 1199-1208
September 2010
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49. Costs and efficacy of management measures to improve udder health on Dutch dairy farms
K. Huijps, H. Hogeveen, T. J. G. M. Lam, A. G. J. M. Oude Lansink
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 115-124
January 2010
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48. Estimating the impacts of water pricing on smallholder irrigators in North West Province, South Africa
Stijn Speelman, Jeroen Buysse, Stefano Farolfi, Aymen Frija, Luc D’Haese
Agricultural Water Management, Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages 1560-1566
November 2009
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47. Assessing the performance of biogas plants with multi-criteria and data envelopment analysis
Reinhard Madlener, Carlos Henggeler Antunes, Luis C. Dias
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 197, Issue 3, Pages 1084-1094
16 September 2009
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46. Indirect elicitation of non-linear multi-attribute utility functions. A dual procedure combined with DEA
Francisco J. André
Omega, Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 883-895
August 2009
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45. New approach for the assignment of new European agricultural subsidies using scores from data envelopment analysis: Application to olive-growing farms in Andalusia (Spain)
Antonio F. Amores, Ignacio Contreras
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 193, Issue 3, Pages 718-729
16 March 2009
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44. Assessing the technical efficiency of extensive livestock farming systems in Extremadura, Spain
P. Gaspar, F. J. Mesías, M. Escribano, F. Pulido
Livestock Science, Volume 121, Issue 1, Pages 7-14
March 2009
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43. A hybrid genetic algorithm for multiobjective problems with activity analysis-based local search
Gerald Whittaker, Remegio Confesor, Stephen M. Griffith, Rolf Färe, Gary M. Banowetz
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 193, Issue 1, Pages 195-203
16 February 2009
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42. Productive efficiency, environmental efficiency and their determinants in farrow-to-finish pig farming in Taiwan
Chih-Ching Yang
Livestock Science, Volume 126, Issues 1–3, Pages 195-205
December 2009
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41. Efficiency in milk production on Reunion Island: Dealing with land scarcity
M. D’Haese, S. Speelman, V. Alary, E. Tillard, L. D’Haese
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 92, Issue 8, Pages 3676-3683
August 2009
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40. Study on energy use efficiency for paddy crop using data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique
Seyed Mehdi Nassiri, Surendra Singh
Applied Energy, Volume 86, Issues 7–8, Pages 1320-1325
July–August 2009
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39. Developing a social perspective to farm performance analysis
Mary Graham
Ecological Economics, Volume 68, Issues 8–9, Pages 2390-2398
15 June 2009
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38. Assessing the technical efficiency of extensive livestock farming systems in Extremadura, Spain
P. Gaspar, F. J. Mesías, M. Escribano, F. Pulido
Livestock Science, Volume 121, Issue 1, Pages 7-14
March 2009
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37. Energy conversion efficiency of trout and sea bass production in the Black Sea, Turkey
Mehmet Bozoğlu, Vedat Ceyhan
Energy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 199-204
February 2009
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36. The scope for regulatory incentives to encourage increased efficiency of input use by farmers
A. P. Barnes, D. Moran, K. Topp
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 808-814
February 2009
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35. Total factor productivity growth in China's agricultural sector
Po-Chi CHEN, Ming-Miin YU, Ching-Cheng CHANG, Shih-Hsun HSU
China Economic Review, Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 580-593
December 2008
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34. The effect of operational managerial practices on economic, technical and allocative efficiency at Swedish dairy farms
Helena Hansson, Bo Öhlmér
Livestock Science, Volume 118, Issues 1–2, Pages 34-43
October 2008
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33. Estimation of excess water use in irrigated agriculture: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Amy Lilienfeld, Mette Asmild
Agricultural Water Management, Volume 94, Issues 1–3, Pages 73-82
16 December 2007
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32. Profit efficiency analysis under limited information with an application to German farm types
Laurens Cherchye, Tom Van Puyenbroeck
Omega, Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 335-349
June 2007
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31. Farmers' costs of environmental regulation: Reducing the consumption of nitrogen in citrus farming
Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, Ernest Reig-Martínez
Economic Modelling, Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 312-328
March 2007
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30. Profit efficiency analysis under limited information with an application to German farm types
Laurens Cherchye, Tom Van Puyenbroeck
Omega, Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 335-349
June 2007
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29. Identifying Efficient Dairy Producers Using Data Envelopment Analysis
J. R. Stokes, P. R. Tozer, J. Hyde
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages 2555-2562
May 2007
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28. Farmers' costs of environmental regulation: Reducing the consumption of nitrogen in citrus farming
Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, Ernest Reig-Martínez
Economic Modelling, Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 312-328
March 2007
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27. The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers
Arega D. Alene, Victor M. Manyong, James Gockowski
Agricultural Systems, Volume 91, Issues 1–2, Pages 51-70
November 2006
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26. Does multi-functionality affect technical efficiency? A non-parametric analysis of the Scottish dairy industry
A. P. Barnes
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages 287-294
September 2006
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25. Total-factor energy efficiency of regions in China
Jin-Li Hu, Shih-Chuan Wang
Energy Policy, Volume 34, Issue 17, Pages 3206-3217
November 2006
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24. The cost efficiency of trout farms in the Black Sea Region, Turkey
H. A. Cinemre, V. Ceyhan, M. Bozoğlu, K. Demiryürek, O. Kılıç
Aquaculture, Volume 251, Issues 2–4, Pages 324-332
28 February 2006
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23. The impacts of regulated notions of quality on farm efficiency: A DEA application
Efthalia Dimara, Christos J. Pantzios, Dimitris Skuras, Kostas Tsekouras
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 161, Issue 2, Pages 416-431
1 March 2005
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22. Measuring rural economic development in Norway using data envelopment analysis
Birger Vennesland
Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 109-119
January 2005
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21.The impacts of regulated notions of quality on farm efficiency: A DEA application
Efthalia Dimara, Christos J. Pantzios, Dimitris Skuras, Kostas Tsekouras
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 161, Issue 2, Pages 416-431
1 March 2005
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20.Farm size and the determinants of productive efficiency in the Brazilian Center-West
Steven M. Helfand, Edward S. Levine
Agricultural Economics, Volume 31, Issues 2–3, Pages 241-249
December 2004
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19. Analysing farming systems with Data Envelopment Analysis: citrus farming in Spain
Ernest Reig-Martı́nez, Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo
Agricultural Systems, Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 17-30
October 2004
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18. Social changes, economic performance and development: the case of goat production in Oman
L. Zaibet, P. S. Dharmapala, H. Boughanmi, O. Mahgoub, A. Al-Marshudi
Small Ruminant Research, Volume 54, Issues 1–2, Pages 131-140
August 2004
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17. Social and health determinants of the efficiency of cotton farmers in Northern Côte d’Ivoire
Martine Audibert, Jacky Mathonnat, Marie-Claire Henry
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 56, Issue 8, Pages 1705-1717
April 2003
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16. Productivity growth in pre-1990 Mongolian agriculture: spiralling disaster or emerging success?
T Bayarsaihan, T. J Coelli
Agricultural Economics, Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 121-137
March 2003
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15. Social and health determinants of the efficiency of cotton farmers in Northern Côte d’Ivoire
Martine Audibert, Jacky Mathonnat, Marie-Claire Henry
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 56, Issue 8, Pages 1705-1717
April 2003
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14. Organizational Type and Efficiency in the Costa Rican Coffee Processing Sector
Roberto Mosheim
Journal of Comparative Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 296-316
June 2002
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13. Measuring agricultural sustainability in terms of efficiency: the case of Dutch sugar beet growers
T. J. De Koeijer, G. A. A. Wossink, P. C. Struik, J. A. Renkema
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 9-17
September 2002
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12. Impacts of random noise and specification on estimates of capacity derived from data envelopment analysis
D. S Holland, S. T Lee
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 137, Issue 1, Pages 10-21
16 February 2002
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11. The extent of resource use inefficiencies in cotton production in Pakistan’s Punjab: an application of Data Envelopment Analysis
Muhammad Shafiq, Tahir Rehman
Agricultural Economics, Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 321-330
April 2000
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10. Environmental efficiency with multiple environmentally detrimental variables; estimated with SFA and DEA
Stijn Reinhard, C. A. Knox Lovell, Geert J. Thijssen
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 121, Issue 2, Pages 287-303
1 March 2000
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9. Environmental efficiency with multiple environmentally detrimental variables; estimated with SFA and DEA
Stijn Reinhard, C. A. Knox Lovell, Geert J. Thijssen
European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 121, Issue 2, Pages 287-303
1 March 2000
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8. Economic efficiency and optimum stocking densities in fish polyculture: an application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to Chinese fish farms
Khem R. Sharma, PingSun Leung, Hailiang Chen, Aaron Peterson
quaculture, Volume 180, Issues 3–4, Pages 207-221
November 1999
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7. Efficiency of government-supported horticulture: the case of Oman
L. Zaibet, P. S. Dharmapala
Agricultural Systems, Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 159-168
December 1999
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6. A project evaluation system in the state economic information system of China: An operations research practice in public sectors
Xiang-Sun Zhang, Jin-Chuan Cui
International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 441-452
September 1999
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5. DEA non-parametric ranking test and index measurement: slack-adjusted DEA and an application to Japanese agriculture cooperatives
Toshiyuki Sueyoshi
Omega, Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 315-326
June 1999
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4. Farm size, productivity and returns to scale in agriculture revisited: a case study of wine producers in South Africa
R. F. Townsend, J. Kirsten, N. Vink
Agricultural Economics, Volume 19, Issues 1–2, Pages 175-180
1 September 1998
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3. DEA-Bilateral Performance Comparison: an Application to Japan Agricultural Co-operatives (Nokyo)
Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Tadashi Hasebe, Fusao Ito, Junichi Sakai, Wataru Ozawa
Omega, Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 233-248
1 April 1998
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2. Productivity growth, technological progress, and efficiency change in chinese agriculture after rural economic reforms: A DEA approach
Weining Mao, Won W. Koo
China Economic Review, Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 157-174
Autumn 1997
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1. The role of multiplier bounds in efficiency analysis with application to Kansas farming
Russell G. Thompson, Larry N. Langemeier, Chih-Tah Lee, Euntaik Lee, Robert M. Thrall
Journal of Econometrics, Volume 46, Issues 1–2, Pages 93-108
October–November 1990
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